gopherhockey
04-03-2003, 10:26 AM
I wanted to post both as a small explanation of our site, as well as to get some feedback.
First, this is the second major overhaul that I have done with the MORC site. This last one was difficult because it meant trying to merge multiple sites that each had their own look & feel into one larger site, while trying to keep things easy to navigate, look nice etc. This was not an easy job, and I thank the IT Committee for their help with this. I think we made a good effort, but as with everything there can be improvements.
Having said that, I wanted to point out a few things with the site so people get a general idea of what we tried to do.
The first think you see is our main home page. This is the page where you get a quick view of whats happening - the most important news, status on the forums, and other general information.
There are two major navigation areas to our site - one on the left side near the top, and one at the very top right of the screen.
The one on the left changes as you navigate through the main sections of our site. If you are in the racing area, you get a different nav bar on the left. If you are in the trail review area, you get yet another navbar on the left.
The main navigation is done at the top of the page. There are 4 main areas to the site:
The home button always takes you back to the initial "home" page and its contents (mainly trail advocate and morc information).
The forums button takes you into the message forums (if you are reading this, you are in our message forums).
The racing button takes you to a racing section that is currently being worked on.
Finally, the trails button takes you to our extensive list of trail reviews and information, conditions etc.
These are all the basic divisions of our online resource (thus, they get large buttons).
Below the large buttons there are smaller buttons. These are mostly forum related.. however, they are still useful!
The usercp button takes you to your user settings page where you can modify how you see things in the forums, read your private mail, edit your member picture and avatar, etc.
The register button ist here to help new users sign up.
The calendar button (perhaps should be a larger button) is for all our events (not just morc events!) - races, trail work, meetings etc.
The faq is more for the forums, but eventually will cover more of the site.
The search button will search our message forums.
Finally, the log out button logs you off the site in case you share your PC with someone else. For the most part you don't need to log out when you leave - that way when you come back you will automatically be logged in (for the most part).
I realize that all these buttons can be confusing... and we will work next fall to try improve things once again. Until then, I encourage you to click on EVERYTHING. Try all the buttons, all the links... there is a TON of info out there, and I think many people are missing much of it. You can't break the system by playing around.. and if you find something you don't understand, please either post here or let me know via email. I am relying on everyone to help keep an eye on things and have this become a real community "hang out" on the Internet...
I hope this helps?
First, this is the second major overhaul that I have done with the MORC site. This last one was difficult because it meant trying to merge multiple sites that each had their own look & feel into one larger site, while trying to keep things easy to navigate, look nice etc. This was not an easy job, and I thank the IT Committee for their help with this. I think we made a good effort, but as with everything there can be improvements.
Having said that, I wanted to point out a few things with the site so people get a general idea of what we tried to do.
The first think you see is our main home page. This is the page where you get a quick view of whats happening - the most important news, status on the forums, and other general information.
There are two major navigation areas to our site - one on the left side near the top, and one at the very top right of the screen.
The one on the left changes as you navigate through the main sections of our site. If you are in the racing area, you get a different nav bar on the left. If you are in the trail review area, you get yet another navbar on the left.
The main navigation is done at the top of the page. There are 4 main areas to the site:
The home button always takes you back to the initial "home" page and its contents (mainly trail advocate and morc information).
The forums button takes you into the message forums (if you are reading this, you are in our message forums).
The racing button takes you to a racing section that is currently being worked on.
Finally, the trails button takes you to our extensive list of trail reviews and information, conditions etc.
These are all the basic divisions of our online resource (thus, they get large buttons).
Below the large buttons there are smaller buttons. These are mostly forum related.. however, they are still useful!
The usercp button takes you to your user settings page where you can modify how you see things in the forums, read your private mail, edit your member picture and avatar, etc.
The register button ist here to help new users sign up.
The calendar button (perhaps should be a larger button) is for all our events (not just morc events!) - races, trail work, meetings etc.
The faq is more for the forums, but eventually will cover more of the site.
The search button will search our message forums.
Finally, the log out button logs you off the site in case you share your PC with someone else. For the most part you don't need to log out when you leave - that way when you come back you will automatically be logged in (for the most part).
I realize that all these buttons can be confusing... and we will work next fall to try improve things once again. Until then, I encourage you to click on EVERYTHING. Try all the buttons, all the links... there is a TON of info out there, and I think many people are missing much of it. You can't break the system by playing around.. and if you find something you don't understand, please either post here or let me know via email. I am relying on everyone to help keep an eye on things and have this become a real community "hang out" on the Internet...
I hope this helps?